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[FR Doc E8-29998] 1.
The EPA is finalizing revisions to the December 31, 2002 New Source Review (NSR) Improvement rules to change the requirements of the major NSR programs regarding the treatment of fugitive emissions. Specifically, this final rule requires that fugitive emissions be included in determining whether a physical or operational change results in a major
Published: 2008-12-19 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-30000] 2. Medicaid Program; Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments
This final rule sets forth the data elements necessary to comply with the requirements of Section 1923(j) of the Social Security Act (Act) related to auditing and reporting of disproportionate share hospital payments under State Medicaid programs. These requirements were added by Section 1001(d) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Published: 2008-12-19 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-29956] 3. Expansion of RCRA Comparable Fuel Exclusion
This final action adds a new exclusion to the rules implementing subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The rule already provides exclusions for comparable fuels and synthesis gas. These fuels are energyrich hazardous secondary materials which would otherwise be hazardous wastes, but which have the same hazardous
Published: 2008-12-19 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-29995] 4. Labor Certification Process and Enforcement for Temporary Employment in
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) is amending its regulations to modernize the procedures for the issuance of labor certifications to employers sponsoring H2B nonimmigrants for admission to perform temporary nonagricultural labor or services and the procedures for enforcing
Published: 2008-12-19 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-30134] 5.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing a final rule to ensure that Department funds do not support morally coercive or discriminatory practices or policies in violation of federal law, pursuant to the Church Amendments (42 U.S.C. 300a7), Public Health Service (PHS) Act Sec. 245 (42 U.S.C. 238n), and the Weldon Amendment
Published: 2008-12-19 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-30094] 6. Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2B Nonimmigrants and Their Employers
This final rule amends Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations regarding temporary nonagricultural workers, and their U.S. employers, within the H2B nonimmigrant classification. The final rule removes certain limitations on H2B employers and adopts streamlining measures in order to facilitate the lawful employment of foreign temporary
Published: 2008-12-19 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-30166] 7. Priority of Service for Covered Persons
The Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) of the Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is issuing this final rule to implement priority of service in qualified job training programs prescribed in section 2(a)(1) of the Jobs for Veterans Act (JVA). DOL issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on August 15, 2008 outlining proposed
Published: 2008-12-19 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-30371] 8.Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents,
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 8329 of December 16, 2008
Wright Brothers Day, 2008
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Our history is rich with
Published: 2008-12-19 Presidential Documents : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-29886] 9. Protecting the Privacy of Workers: Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to
In this final rule, the Department of Labor (Department or DOL) revises regulations issued pursuant to the DavisBacon and Related Acts and the Copeland AntiKickback Act to better protect the personal privacy of laborers and mechanics employed on covered construction contracts.
Published: 2008-12-19 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-29309] 10.Wage and Hour Division
The Department of Labor (DOL or Department) is amending its regulations regarding the certification for the temporary employment of nonimmigrant workers in agricultural occupations on a temporary or seasonal basis, and the enforcement of the contractual obligations applicable to employers of such nonimmigrant workers.
This final rule
Published: 2008-12-18 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-29670] 11. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the yelloweyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes), whiteflippered penguin (Eudyptula minor albosignata), Fiordland crested penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus), Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti), and erectcrested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri) as threatened species under the Endangered
Published: 2008-12-18 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-29673] 12. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12month finding on a petition to list four species of penguins as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). After a thorough review of all available scientific and commercial information, we find that the petitioned action for the Campbell
Published: 2008-12-18 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-29676] 13. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This proposal, if made final, would extend the Act's protection to this species. This proposal also constitutes our 12month finding on the petition to list
Published: 2008-12-18 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-29645] 14. FTA Fiscal Year 2009 Apportionments, Allocations, and Program Information
Division A of the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009, (Pub. L. 110329) signed into law by President Bush on September 30, 2008, continues to fund the Federal transit programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT) at the same levels that were available under Division K of the ``Consolidated
Published: 2008-12-18 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-29677] 15.
This rule finalizes two proposed rules and amends the record- keeping, labeling, and inspection requirements to account for changes in the underlying statute made by Congress in enacting the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
Published: 2008-12-18 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-30073] 16. General Administrative Regulations; Administrative Remedies for
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) finalizes the General Administrative Regulations; Administrative Remedies for Non Compliance to add additional administrative remedies that are available as a result of the enactment of section 515(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (Act) (7 U.S.C. 1515(h)), make such other changes as are necessary to
Published: 2008-12-18 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-28847] 17.Employment Standards Administration
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) in the Department of Labor's Employment & Training Administration (ETA) has been reengineering several of its programs, including the H2A foreign agricultural worker labor certification program. The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Employment Standards Administration (ESA) has been amending
Published: 2008-12-05 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-28159] 18.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is amending the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule in order to provide increased clarity, to tailor requirements to particular industry sectors, and to streamline certain requirements for those facility owners or operators subject to the rule, which should result in
Published: 2008-12-05 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-28740] 19. Use of Bureau of Reclamation Land, Facilities, and Waterbodies
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is adopting this final rule on the use of Reclamation land, facilities, and waterbodies. This final rule addresses activities involving the possession or occupancy of any portion of, and the extraction or disturbance of any natural resources from, Reclamation land, facilities, and waterbodies. This final
Published: 2008-12-05 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-26577] 20. The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
This document provides the text of final regulations implementing the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (``FMLA''), the law that provides eligible employees who work for covered employers the right to take jobprotected, unpaid leave for absences due to the birth of the employee's son or daughter and to care for the newborn child; because of the
Published: 2008-11-17 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-26917] 21. Publication of State Plan Pursuant to the Help America Vote Act
Pursuant to sections 254(a)(11)(A) and 255(b) of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), Public Law 107252, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) hereby causes to be published in the Federal Register material changes to the HAVA State plans previously submitted by Louisiana and Nevada.
Published: 2008-11-17 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-27070] 22.
This final rule amends HUD's regulations to further RESPA's purposes by requiring more timely and effective disclosures related to mortgage settlement costs for federally related mortgage loans to consumers. The changes made by this final rule are designed to protect consumers from unnecessarily high settlement costs by taking steps to: improve
Published: 2008-11-17 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-24013] 23. National Emission Standards for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning
On May 3, 2007, EPA promulgated the final rule titled: National Air Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Halogenated Solvent Cleaning (the Halogenated Solvent Cleaning rule) pursuant to sections 112(d)(6) and 112(f) of the Clean Air Act. The Halogenated Solvent Cleaning rule set facilitywide emission limits for certain halogenated
Published: 2008-10-20 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-24666] 24.DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
This document contains final rules for group health plans and health insurance issuers concerning hospital lengths of stay for mothers and newborns following childbirth, pursuant to the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996 and the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.
Published: 2008-10-20 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY : Wage and Hour Division
[FR Doc E8-24762] 25. Protecting the Privacy of Workers: Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to
In this proposed rule, the Department of Labor (Department or DOL) proposes to revise regulations issued pursuant to the DavisBacon and Related Acts and the Copeland AntiKickback Act to better protect the personal privacy of laborers and mechanics employed on covered construction contracts.
Published: 2008-10-20 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Wage and Hour Division
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